Nettlebed 2011
After our help previously was so well received, our team of HSS Heroes went back to the Sue Ryder Hospice at Nettlebed. Our Heroes were kept duly busy on the three day tidy-up project. They sanded and painted and transformed the exterior window frames and generally left the Hospice looking much nicer.

Heywood Petting Centre
Rochdale Council recently organised a project
to build a petting centre in Heywood as a source of therapy
for people with mental illnesses. A team of Heroes from two of our Head Office locations in Manchester went along and helped to erect chicken wire animal pens, build 2 flat packed animal houses, construct a large shed and flag the penned areas.

Guinness Northern Counties
Guinness Northern Counties organise a huge community project every year called ‘Making a Difference’.
We went along to help ‘make a difference’ at a local community centre in Sheffield that provides everything from computer classes, drama and youth clubs to boxercise and football.
Our team of heroes got stuck in cleaning, painting and gardening.

Rock Foundation
Rock Foundation is an organisation based in Grimsby that works with and supports people with learning disabilities. Our team of Heroes went along and spent the day cleaning carpets, painting rooms and tiling the kitchen in order
to provide a clean and tidy space for people to go.

Urmston Primary School
Our team of HSS Heroes went along to a local Primary School in Urmston to help create an outdoor learning, nature and reflection area for the pupils. They dug out a pathway and created areas for seating and animal hotels as well as pruning the nearby trees and clearing the rubbish before tending the allotment ready for the children to plant vegetables.

Sue Ryder Hospice
A team of Heroes helped with a 3 day refurbishment project at a Sue Ryder Hospice in Nettlebed.
They got stuck in fixing up and painting their furniture storage areas as well as their sale space which generates tens of thousands of pounds a year.

St Chad’s Primary School
Our Heroes of Hire helped to transform a derelict waste ground into a haven for wildlife, ready for the children of St Chad’s Primary School in Dudley to install their butterfly garden, flower meadow and insect hotel.

103 mile cycle ride
A team of cycling Heroes from one of our Manchester Head Office locations took to the saddle and completed a 103 mile cycle ride which took 33 hours and
raised over £1200 for charity.

British 10K Run
A team of Heroes from around the country put their best foot forward to complete the British 10K Run and raising almost £3,000 in aid of our East London charity partner City Gateway to help disadvantaged young people in Tower Hamlets.

Kayley’s Garden
We helped to transform a little girl’s garden –
a debilitating illness means she’s on a stomach pump for much of the day and can’t run around so all she wanted was a safe place to sit and read. Our team of Heroes all got stuck in and transformed Kayley’s garden with a decking area and patio that fitted the bill perfectly.

City Gateway 2
Our commitment to the City Gateway project in London’s East End continued with another team of heroes rolling up their sleeves and getting stuck in. HSS’ers from various branches around London spent a couple of busy days painting, sanding, building and fixing.

City Gateway
CEO Chris Davies led a team of HSS Heroes
on an employee volunteering project at City Gateway, a charity that engages and mentors members of the disadvantaged
Tower Hamlets community. They knocked down walls, painted and carpeted training rooms and built desks. It is hoped that
the improved facilities will help encourage more Tower Hamlet residents to take advantage of the courses on offer.

HSS Kingston
HSS Kingston showed their caring side, helping designers at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show with some of the equipment they needed to create this beautiful garden on behalf of the charity, The Samaritans. The garden, entitled Samaritans Breathing Space….Thinking Place, was designed by Wendy Allen and Catherine Kenny who said ‘many thanks for your kind support – we were awarded a bronze flora medal which is a great outcome for a first show garden!’

Dudley the Donkey
Poorly Dudley the Donkey needed some help
to stand upright to ensure his recovery and the team at HSS Grangemouth were asked if they could think of any way to help. Luckily, the team came to the rescue with a clever tripod gantry and chain hoist combination to keep Dudley on all fours. Dudley is now doing well and has been reunited with his best pal Otis.

HSS DONATIONS TO BOOTS FOR AFRICA
In the spirit of the World Cup, HSS branches are collecting second hand football boots that will then be sent to various children's projects in Africa as part of the Boots for Africa campaign, aimed at helping to build the skills and fitness of disadvantaged young people through football. You can donate your old (but clean!) boots at any branch of HSS.

MORE RESCUES FROM HSS HEORES....
A team of Heroes helped with a 3 day refurbishment project at a Sue Ryder Hospice in Nettlebed. This involved fixing up their furniture storage as well as their sale space which generates tens of thousands of pounds a year.

HIRE HEROES TO THE RESCUE!
Our Heroes of Hire have been lending a helping hand. They helped transform a derelict waste ground into a haven for wildlife, ready for the children of St Chad’s Primary School in Dudley to install their butterfly garden, flower meadow and insect hotel.

CYCLING HEROES @ CIRCLE HOUSE
HSS’ers: Leeann Brant, Danny Hynes, Anthony Coleman and Ste Smythies from Circle House raised over £1200 for charity by completing a 103 mile cycle ride which took 33 hours. Well Done HSS’ers!

CARING CRAWLEY’S CHARITY CD
Sofia Symonowicz from Crawley was moved by the tragic story of the premature birth and death of a friend’s baby. She wrote and recorded a beautiful song ‘Tiny Angels’ and performed it at a fundraising event for the Bliss baby charity which she hopes to raise £2500 for.

A SPRINT FOR SPORT’S RELIEF
HSS helped Sainsburys with a ‘Sports Relief’ mile. Sainsburys employees completed the charity run, with the start and finish lines provided by us. Our boys tested out the mile, unaware the entire Sainsburys team were watching them! RD Darron Cavanagh put his best foot forward to cross the line first.

NEW YORK’S MARATHON-MAN
HSS’er Conor McKimm, along with family and friends raised £15,000 for local charities in the New York marathon, running a superb 26 miles. He is pictured presenting a cheque of £5,000 to 1 of the 3 charities they raised money for, the Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice.

HSS SUPPORT DEEP SEA DIVERS
With the help of HSS’ERs, 2 brothers aimed to beat the Guinness World Record for the Longest Open Sea Water Scuba Dive. HSS provided the Instant Span 500 Tower (donated by HSS Galway) to give divers a secure resting platform. 35,000 euros was raised for the Children’s Ward at the Beaumont Hospital and the Helping Hands charity.

WATFORD 527 HELP RAISE £1MILLION!!
Since 2003, Harlow’s Leanne English and the Watford team have helped out at the Hope and Homes for Children annual charity event, kindly offering equipment and support over the fundraising weekend. The charity announced they raised a staggering £1million pounds!!

MARK CLIMBS MOUNT KILIMANJAROOOOOOOO!

Amazingly, not only did team HSS climb and reach great heights but so did Management Accountant Mark Flower. He climbed Mount Kilimanjaro reaching the 5,896 high summit. Having been deaf since birth, Mark completed the climb in aid of the National Deaf Children’s Society and raised nearly £2,500.

SUCCESS FOR TEAM HSS!
Team HSS have successfully completed a climb of the UK’s three highest mountains in a little over 35 hours. Impressively, they raised £5,000 for the Children Railway charity!

HSS’ERS DASH FOR CASH
A team of HSS’ers put their best foot forward on Sunday 12th July and completed the British 10k Run raising almost £3,000 in aid of our East London charity partner City Gateway to help disadvantaged young people in Tower Hamlets.

THANK YOU! YOU’VE CHANGED MY LIFE
Southern DMD, Jon Overman led a team of employee volunteers to transform a little girls garden. Ten year old Kayley has an unknown discorder which means she’s on a stomach pump for 18 hours a day. She can’t run around so all she wanted was a safe place to sit and read. HSSers Jon Overman, John Lewis, Phil Elliott, Dean Ramdharry, Tristan Samuel, Lee Garside, Greg Rose, Lewis Rayner, Joe Cleary and Danny Fryer all got stuck in and transformed Kayley’s garden with a decking area and patio that fitted the bill perfectly.

HSS HELP OUT AT CHARITY BIRTHDAY BASH
A team of HSS directors, sales managers and branch staff rolled up their sleeves to help out at City Gateway's 10th birthday celebrations. As well as running the cloakroom for the evening, HSS'ers also served champagne and canapes to the 500 guests. HSS Hire are working in partnership with the East London charity to offer free training courses to disadvantaged young people in the Tower Hamlet's borough.

BACK IN THE EAST END!
Our commitment to the City Gateway project in London’s East End continued with another team of Heroes rolling up their sleeves and getting stuck in. HSS’ers from various branches around London spent a couple of busy days painting, sanding, building and fixing. John Dalligan and Graham Large from 5009 Beckton are pictured with Jim Field from HSS’ Property division.

HSS HEROES GET BUSY AT CITY GATEWAY
CEO Chris Davies led a team of HSS Heroes on an employee volunteering project at City Gateway, a charity that engages and mentors members of the disadvantaged Tower Hamlets community. HSS will be working in partnership with City Gateway to provide a comprehensive training programme but kicked things off by helping to get the facilities in shape – with materials and expertise supplied from Screwfix, SBS and Omega, the team knocked down walls, painted and carpeted training rooms and built desks. It is hoped that the improved facilities will help encourage more Tower Hamlets residents to take advantage of the courses on offer.

DOLPHIN RESCUE
HSS Hull 645 were asked to help out by donating a generator to Dolphin Care UK, the nominated charity of one of their key customers. The generator will power the portable lighting that is essential to their night time rescues. Chris Lowe from the charity said ‘you have just made life a lot easier for us volunteers – it’s very much appreciated.’

NEVER FORGET!
A parade of topiary elephants came to life with the help of welding equipment from HSS Mitcham 547. The elephants – including the HSS ‘baby’ - toured Ireland and the UK with stops in Dublin, Co. Laois, Windsor, St James’ Park overlooking Whitehall and Selfridges department store in London before ending up in Brighton where they were auctioned off in aid of The Elephant Charity and World Land Trust.

HAVING A BALL FOR CHARITY
Danni Branton and Sean Mercer did their bit for charity, attending a Charity Ball organised by Mears and helping to raise over £5,000 for the Children’s Unit at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport. They entertained key buyers from local companies at the event that also included the Mayoress of Stockport. Sean, RSM for the North West, said ‘it was a great success in all and a marvellous opportunity to network with others’.

GORGEOUS GARDENS FOR CHARITY
HSS Kingston 542 showed their caring side, helping designers at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show with some of the equipment they needed to create this beautiful garden on behalf of the charity, The Samaritans. The garden, entitled Samaritans Breathing Space….Thinking Place, was designed by Wendy Allen and Catherine Kenny who said 'many thanks for your kind support - we were awarded a bronze flora medal which is a great outcome for a first show garden!'

LITTLE DONKEY!
Poorly Dudley the Donkey needed some help to stand upright to ensure his recovery and the team at HSS Grangemouth 718 were asked if they could think of any way to help. Luckily Neal McNeilly and the team came to the rescue with a clever tripod gantry and chain hoist combination to keep Dudley on all fours and aid his recovery. Dudley is now doing well and reunited with his best pal Otis.